Re: BIG improvements in C&TS track (Part 3)
| November 01, 2009 05:06PM |
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Engine #489 was back on the job, but with some of her gaudy make-up painted over, when I arrived in mid-September. Most of the time she was in ballast-train service while some minor adjustments were made to her running gear:
On the 29th, though, her chores were interrupted when she was called upon to assist a struggling #484 with the eastbound passenger train (see [ngdiscussion.net] et seq). Here she is dropping two empty ballast cars before heading off to fulfill a more dramatic role:
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/2017 08:34PM by Russo Loco.
On the 29th, though, her chores were interrupted when she was called upon to assist a struggling #484 with the eastbound passenger train (see [ngdiscussion.net] et seq). Here she is dropping two empty ballast cars before heading off to fulfill a more dramatic role:
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/2017 08:34PM by Russo Loco.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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